To

Mayor and Council

Subject

Georgia Power Street Light Maintenance

Initiator

Engineering

Recommendation

Approval is requested for the City Manager to enter into a maintenance \n \n agreement with Georgia Power to take over street light maintenance in the \n \n amount of $36,007.00.

Approval

Approved

Background

Georgia Power, Flint Energies and Diversified Power provide street lighting

services to the City. In the Georgia Power service area, there are several

locations within Columbus where the City owns street light fixtures, poles and

electrical conductor with Georgia Power providing electrical power only. There

are others where the street light fixture belongs to Georgia Power while the

poles and conductor belong to the City. This shared maintenance creates

confusion and delays when street lights malfunction. Both Georgia Power and

the City have to respond to the call usually requiring multiple site visits

before the street light can be repaired.



The City's long term goal is to turn all street lighting maintenance of roadway

lights to the respective utility company. This will provide better and quicker

street light repairs while allowing City crews to perform other daily duties.

We have worked with Georgia Power to turn more street light maintenance over to

them in the downtown area and several bridges.



Note: This agreement does not include street lights along I-185, Olgethorpe

Bridge, 4th Street and Bay Avenue. We are working to include these in a future

agreement.

Analysis

This meets the goal of the City getting out of the street light maintenance

business.

Financial Considerations

Georgia Power will incur certain expenses in updating street light fixtures,

poles and conductor in the amount of $36,007.00. Funds have been allocated to

our Street Lighting account to accommodate this expense.

Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement

Legal Considerations

All agreements require Council approval.

Recommendations/ Actions

Authorize the City Manager to enter into a street maintenance agreement with

Georgia Power.





A RESOLUTION



NO. _____

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE

AGREEMENT WITH THE GEORGIA POWER COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING OVER

MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN STREET LIGHTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,007.00.

WHEREAS, there exists some 286 street lights located in downtown Columbus and

on roadway bridges where both the City and Georgia Power share street light

maintenance duties; and,

WHEREAS, the City desires to transfer street light maintenance duties entirely

to local utility companies for which these street lights are within the Georgia

Power service area; and,

WHEREAS, having a single entity perform street light maintenance will improve

repair time and reduce outage rates.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY

RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a street light

maintenance agreement with The Georgia Power Company for the purpose of taking

over maintenance of certain street lights in the amount of $36,007.00.

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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held

the

_________day of _____________, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative

vote of

_____________members of said Council.

Councilor Allen voting __________.









Councilor Henderson voting __________.

Councilor Hunter voting __________.

Councilor McDaniel voting __________.

Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.

Councilor Woodson voting __________.



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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council , Mayor

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